One of the biggest challenges with raising chickens in the winter is how to keep chicken water from freezing. Learn our tips to manage frozen water (even without a heated chicken waterer!) Caring for chickens in winter is more challenging than raising them in other seasons. Plummeting temperatures create a whole host of problems with your …
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Want to know what to feed chickens for FREE? There are many free chicken feed ideas to supplement your feed bill. You just need to get creative! Most people get backyard chickens so they can save money on eggs and meat. Then they quickly realize that it costs more money to feed chickens than you …
When it comes to egg production in a backyard flock, most people think, the more the merrier! But what do you do when your flock is producing more eggs than your family can possibly eat? How do you use up all those extra eggs coming out of your chicken coop? Fortunately there are plenty of …
Should you add heat in the chicken coop? This is one of the most common question asked about raising chickens in winter. Learn why heating the coop isn’t safe. The short answer is a resounding, “No,” unless you live somewhere that sees extremely brutal winters. We have been raising chickens in Western New York, which …
Coming up with the perfect chicken names can be difficult, but we’ve made it easy with this epic list of funny chicken names! When we came up with the first Essential List of Chicken Names, we had no idea how popular it would be! Since then our brilliant readers have given us hundreds of even …
Roosters. You just never know what you’re going to get. They can be sweet, they can be sassy, and they can be downright mean. A mean rooster can cause a lot of issues on the homestead. They attack and cause harm to anyone who gets in their way. Now, this can be a great quality …